Maria Valido: $100K-$500K Complaint Against Ex-Infinex Advisor

Former Miami, Florida financial advisor Maria Valido (CRD# 6324596) has received multiple investor complaints alleging that her conduct resulted in damages. Financial Industry Regulatory Authority records show that she was most recently registered as a broker with Infinex Investments.

Ms. Valido’s BrokerCheck report discloses two investor complaints. The most recent, filed in April 2024, alleges that as a representative of Infinex Investments, she recommended unsuitable fixed and variable annuity investments. The pending complaint alleges damages between $100,000 and $500,000.

An earlier investor complaint, filed in 2021, alleged that as a representative of Infinex Investments, she “made false representations” regarding an annuity investment, “employed false, misleading, and/or deceptive acts or practices,” and acted negligently. The complaint reached a settlement of $30,000.

In a statement included with the complaint’s disclosure, Ms. Valido wrote that she considered the claim “unfounded” and denied the allegations that she made misrepresentations or omissions about the investment in question. “Firm conducted due diligence and approved materials advertising a conservative approach and segregated account protection were shared with client,” the statement reads. “The fixed-rate products were composed of investment grade bonds held in custody at HSBC and managed by BlackRock. Client was aware the investment was in an offshore product.”

According to the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Maria Valido holds seven years of securities industry experience. Most recently based in Miami, Florida, she was registered with Infinex Investments from 2015 until 2022. Her credentials include the passage of four securities industry qualifying exams: the Investment Company Products/Variable Contracts Representative Examination, or Series 6; the General Securities Representative Examination, or Series 7; the Securities Industry Essentials Examination, or SIE; and the Uniform Securities Agent State Law Examination, or Series 63. She is not registered with any broker-dealer firm or licensed with any state. (Information current as of June 20, 2024.)

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